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. 2020 Nov 5;107(5):953–962. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.10.004

Table 1.

Demographics of 161 Parents of 117 Infants Who Responded to the Survey 1 Week after Return of Results

Total (n, %) rWES (n, %) rWGS (n, %) urWGS (n, %)
Parents 161 (100.0%) 71 (44.1%) 70 (43.5%) 20 (12.4%)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic 47 (29.2%) 26 (36.6%) 16 (22.9%) 5 (25.0%)
Caucasian/white 79 (49.1%) 32 (45.1%) 34 (48.6%) 13 (65.0%)
Asian 2 (1.2%) 2 (2.9%)
African American/Black 3 (1.9%) 1 (1.4%) 2 (2.9%)
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 8 (5.0%) 4 (5.6%) 4 (5.7%)
Other 17 (10.6%) 7 (9.9%) 8 (11.4%) 2 (10.0%)
Unknown 5 (3.1%) 1 (1.4%) 4 (5.7%)
Total households/probands 117 (100.0%) 54 (46.2%) 49 (41.9%) 14 (12.0%)

Parent/Families’ Primary Spoken Language

English 84 (71.8%) 37 (68.5%) 37 (75.5%) 10 (71.4%)
Spanish 21 (17.9%) 11 (20.4%) 7 (14.3%) 3 (21.4%)
Bilingual 6 (5.1%) 3 (5.6%) 2 (4.1%) 1 (7.1%)
Other 3 (2.6%) 1 (1.9%) 2 (4.1%)

Highest Educational Attainment

Up to high school diploma 38 (32.5%) 17 (31.5%) 13 (26.5%) 8 (57.1%)
Up to four year college degree 29 (24.8%) 13 (24.1%) 13 (26.5%) 3 (21.4%)
Up to graduate degree 47 (40.2%) 22 (40.7%) 22 (44.9%) 3 (21.4%)

Result of Test

No diagnosis 90 (76.9%) 44 (81.5%) 39 (79.6%) 7 (50.0%)
Positive 27 (23.1%) 10 (18.5%) 10 (20.4%) 7 (50.0%)
Age at consent (days, median, range) 4 (1–115) 4 (1–115) 4 (1–105) 6 (2–67)
Time to results (days, median, range) 10.1 (1.1–49.1) 11.2 (6.5–38.6) 10.8 (3.9–49.1) 2.3 (1.1–10.0)

Race/ethnicity was from the infants’ EHRs. Highest educational attainment is for the household.